DISTRIBUTION:

Gamelioides anneliesae (wingspan: males: 47mm; females: 61mm // forewing length: males: 27-29mm; females: 29-34mm) flies in
Ecuador: Napo: Papallacta, at elevations near 3650m.

In their 2010 publications Brechlin & Meister had depicted this species as Gamelioides elainae.

Males have an extremely wide black ring around the hindwing ocellus, and the male forewing is not nearly as produced in annelisae as in sachai or kattyae.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December. There are possibly additional flight months, but it appears this moth breeds pretty much continuously.

Gamelioides anneliesae larval hosts are unknown.

Gamelioides anneliesae male, May 1, 2009, TQ, Napo, Ecuador, 3650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.

Gamelioides anneliesae male (verso), May 1, 2009, TQ, Napo, Ecuador, 3650m, courtesy of Horst Kach.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use well-developed antennae to seek out females which scent at night, possibly at dawn.

Gamelioides anneliesae (G. anneliesae) female, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador,
November 24, 2008, 3620m, courtesy of Horst Kach.

Gamelioides anneliesae AT female (verso), 61mm, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador,
January 5, 2009, 3650m, on my home computer only.

The specimen directly above from Papallacta has been changed to Gamelioides anneliseae, Brechlin & Kaech & Meister, 2011.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

Eggs are laid in clusters and larvae, which have urticating spines, feed gregariously.

Larval Food Plants

It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

Gamelioides means Gamelia-like. In Greek mythology "Gamelia" is another name for Hera.

The species name "anneliesae" is honourific for Anneliese Kaech, mother of Horst Kaech.

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